victor harbour
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 8:52PM As the plan was to stay in victor we had a fairly slow start to the day until we looked outside. It was sunny and not that windy so we decided to take advantage of this and get out and do a bit of sightseeing while the weather held. During a conversation with the folks who run the motel, we found out there was a pod of southern wright whales bobbing about just off the beach at middleton. So we had a look around victor and then headed to middleton for some whale action. It's not quite what we got. It turns out that southern wright whales are the sloths of the whale community and a hard day for them consists of lolling about and occassionally waving a tail or filpper. Still, they are whales, they are big and they were very close to shore.
granite island, there is a horse drawn tram that goes across the jetty to the island, just not on the day we were there
victor harbour
the whales at middleton
We could see the weather coming so we decided to head for the safety of the motel and mooch about victor on foot. Victor harbour is not a very big place and it didn't take long to wander around and by then it was time to stop for an award winning coffee (their words not mine). Then back to the room for a bit of blog work stopping at reception to check which of the two fish and chip shops was the best for lunch.
After a few minutes of intense blog work, hunger overcame us and we had to go for lunch of fish, chips and beer, then back to the room for more beer and then a couple of games of pool. Life really is tough. During what could only be described as exceptionally ordinary pool playing, we got to talking to philip, the guy who runs the motel, and when he found out that wal's mum was just up the road, he offered wal the use of his 4wd. These guys really are very generous. I mean really, really generous, philip also took us for a drive around the local area so we could see the coast from bluff, which is a local headland. He also took us around the foreshore. So next time you're in victor harbour stay at the apollon.
victor harbour as seen from the bluff
Dinner is sorted already, the local pub have a steak and red wine offer, a bit too good to pass up really.
Tomorrow, all things being equal, we will head to swan hill, then to rutherglen, where we will probably drink too much and the home on friday which will be very exciting indeed.
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